Prediction of the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after successful cardioversion with P wave signal-averaged ECG

Annals of Noninvasive Electrocardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 414-419

  Budeus, Marco ^a   Hennersdorf, Marcus ^b   Perings, Christian ^c   Wieneke, Heinrich ^a   Erbel, Raimund ^a   Sack, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; P wave signal averaged ECG; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GERMANY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644812541     PISSN: 1082720X     EISSN: 1542474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-474X.2005.00059.x     Document Type: Article

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